Super God-Level Top Student

The sudden material embargo incident last time has already proven this point.

After the incident occurred, neither side consulted with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The final resolution involved sacrificing a dean, barely salvaging some reputation. This remote combat style is novel but overly taxing on the dean, Andre respectfully declines.

After all, he is only in his fifties and in decent health with no major illnesses.

So the option of offending Qiao Ze is nonexistent; persuasion with reason is imperative, and one must absolutely prevent Mei from finding an opportunity to intervene, hence manners are crucial.

Everyone is cultured, articulating the reasons clearly is naturally ideal.

Thus soon, a very conservatively worded, polite reply was sent over. Andre carefully reviewed it and specially altered a few words that simulated a slightly harsh tone, revising sentences—for example, changing Reject to Decline, Insist to Urge, Refuse to Turn down...

Only then did he send the email back through the official mailbox.

However, before he could relax, within ten minutes the other party's response appeared before him again.

This time, the response was very straightforward, just one sentence: "Are you truly certain you want to withhold this prize money that should be awarded to the winner and have you prepared to pay an unequal cost for it? A friendly reminder we are very reasonable, but we have partners around the globe, and they may not be so easygoing."

After reading this sentence, Andre found his mood unsettled for a long time.

The thing he feared most had still happened, yet he couldn't help questioning: "What does this mean, what does he mean by this?"

The secretary, who had been quiet for some time, knew it was not suitable to speak up just now, but couldn't help making a brief comment: "Americans have said, in this world one either sits at the table or finds themselves on the table."

Andre looked up and glared at the secretary, saying: "So you think if we reject this request, they would still find a way to bother those damned rude Americans, forcing them to pressure us? The director at Langley has already changed."

"But their money-making operations haven't changed, sir. Even if personnel have changed..." The secretary ventured, but seeing Andre's face darken visibly, fell silent.

It's not that he wanted to intervene in such troublesome matters, he truly hoped Andre could sit longer in his position.

After all, the secretary position truly changes with each administration.

Moreover, the salary in this position is quite nice, and he still has more than ten years of loans to repay.

"Sigh..." After his expression changed several times, Andre finally let out a long sigh, saying: "Send them a reply first, also suggest in my name to the committee that in the future whether or not a Nobel laureate, regardless of personal reasons, doesn't come to receive the prize, we should consult the other side on whether to forgo collecting the prize money.

If they just decline the ceremony, we should still issue the prize money. Believe this is Mr. Nobel's original intention in establishing this prize. Trust that the scientists awarded can make good use of the prize money and produce more achievements. Record these, tell them it's my idea. Then draft a regulation as soon as possible."

The secretary quickly noted these words: "Alright, if the committee approves this, should we publicize this measure?"

Andre hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

"Okay sir, I will notify the committee of your intention immediately." With that, the secretary turned and walked out of the office.

Only Andre was left in the office, glaring at the computer...

Damned Americans!

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Meanwhile, United States, Washington State, Seattle, Redmond, Microsoft Headquarters.

In the Microsoft President's office, Satya Nadella was seated in the designated meeting area within the office, with the young Altman sitting across from him.

Of course, it wasn't the glowing Ultraman, but Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI, the executive who had been ousted by lightning but then regained power.

From their expressions, it was clear this conversation was not pleasant, which was unusual.

After all, Microsoft had invested $13 billion in OpenAI, in USD.

It's known that OpenAI has yet to fully achieve profitability, so this investment remains far from generating instant returns; most importantly, Huaxia has a seemingly even more intelligent entity overshadowing OpenAI.

However, today's unpleasantness is unrelated to Huaxia and Xilin, mainly concerning the third party, Apple.

Yes, Microsoft has poured massive funds, but only obtained limited technology licenses, not exclusive use.

Coincidentally, from the year before last, the Youwei Group's Qunzhi Framework emerged, outperforming Apple's mobile smart experience. This gave Apple an extreme sense of crisis, and since then, it has been flirting with OpenAI.

Two years have passed, the Youwei Group has optimized various client-side smart experiences, and the in-depth cooperation between Apple and OpenAI is about to bear fruit. This collaboration will directly integrate OpenAI's GPT model into iOS18 and is also preparing to formally access Siri.

For Microsoft, indeed, this is quite an awkward situation.

While Apple's targeting of Youwei Group initiated this arrangement, both Microsoft and Apple are direct competitors as tech companies in AI deployment. For instance, Microsoft's self-developed Sophie tablets and laptops directly compete with Apple's iPads and MacBooks.

Clearly, Microsoft remains highly observant of Apple.

The problem still lies in Microsoft's subpar competence model. Bing and Edge consumer businesses have always been half-dead.

Microsoft's Windows, while still the world's largest market share operating system, its local models, computers, tablets, and mobile consumer businesses are seriously unmatched with Windows's market share.

If Siri truly integrates ChatGPT perfectly, giving Apple products better intelligent experiences, the first to be hit won't necessarily be Huaxia's Youwei Group, but Microsoft.

After all, Youwei Group products are now hard to sell in North America and Europe markets, but in these world's major markets, Microsoft remains Apple's direct competitor, especially in PC business.

With all the above basis, this atmosphere becomes understandable.

Evidently, both sides have already gone through several rounds of confrontation and have grown a bit weary.

"Sam, I reiterate once more, you are undermining our cooperation foundation! Microsoft injected massive funds during OpenAI's most difficult time, achieving today's achievements, and your current actions violate our cooperation foundation!"

"I too can only tell you, I understand your feelings, but my mission in founding OpenAI is to promote the development and application of AI technology. Collaborating with Apple is to achieve this goal and not targeting Microsoft."

"This isn't merely a matter of goals. It's a direct blow to our strategy and market position. Are you forcing us to reconsider supporting OpenAI?"

"I know, but you've likewise invested in Mistral and even developed MAI-1, and also have the Phi series open source models, so frankly, we've never been Microsoft's only choice, it just happens, OpenAI is somewhat successful. So if you think this is unfair, you can sell OpenAI shares. It's a business, Mr. Nadella."

Sam Altman spread his hands, saying.

Of course he wants a good talk with Satya Nadella, but the demands made by the other side seem somewhat unrealistic.

Satya Nadella believes Microsoft, being OpenAI's major shareholder, has the right to know specifics of OpenAI's cooperation with Apple, especially the exact technical details involved and data sharing.

This is unacceptable for Sam Altman who insists OpenAI operates independently.

If Microsoft gets all these, where would OpenAI's independence lie, particularly who would dare to deeply cooperate with OpenAI in the future?

"Don't push me, Sam. Know that Huaxia's AI has already surpassed OpenAI by far, we do have alternatives. And if you fail this time, it won't pose any hurdle to Huaxia's AI technology, believe me, Apple will not hesitate to abandon you."

"Ha..."

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